Bedpan cover



July 11, 1944. L, J, KSER 2,353,245.

BED PAN COVER Filed Nov. 24, 1941 INVENTOIR. LUC/NDA JANE lf/Sf/C,

ATTOR/VEKY.

Patented July 11, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BEDPAN COVER LucindaJane Kiser, Indianapolis, Ind.

Application November 24, 1941, Serial No. 420,243

2 Claims.

The present invention relates to improvements in a cover and pad for bedpans.

It has for its object to provide a cover and pad for bed pans which. maybe readily applied to the pan and which will cushion the patient whileusing the pan and which, at the same time, will provide a cover memberso that the entire top of the pan may be covered after use by thepatient and in the transportation of the pan to the toilet room, and toprovide protection to the bed clothing while the pan is being used.

For the purpose of disclosing the invention, I have illustrated anembodiment of the same in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. l is a plan view of a bed pan having my cushion applied thereto andwith the cover closed;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a bed pan showing the cushion inlongitudinal section; and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a bed pan with the cushion in positionand the cover open.

The general type of bed pan now in use is provided with a wedge-shapednose or rear end I which merges into a rounded front end 2 having theusual spout 3 projecting therefrom.

My cushion comprises a cushion 4 adapted to conform in general shape tothe top of the wedgeshaped portion of the pan. This cushion is providedwith a rounded edge 5 conforming to the opening in the pan and isextended forwardly on both sides of the pan with side members 6 and 1thereby covering the front end of the pan along each forward edge. Thecushion tapers in thickness from rear to front, being thicker at theportion 4 and having the side members tapering to a comparatively thinend portion. The side members 6 and l terminate in a pocket 8 havingdownwardly extending side walls 9 graduall increasing in width towardthe front, and formed integrally with the pocket is a cover II! which,in use. may be folded or thrown back to uncover the opening in the pan.After use, the cover may be folded rearwardly to completely cover thetop surface of the pan while the pan is being transported.

The rear end of the pad is provided with a pocket having side walls I land end walls l2 which terminate in a flat bottom wall l3. This pocketreceives the rear end of the pan and due to the engagement of theforward pocket over the spout 3 of the pan and of the rear pocket overthe rear nose of the pan, the entire pad will be held snugly inposition.

The pad is preferably formed of rubber Or like material impervious tomoisture and yet having a certain amount of stretch. The pad portionproper may be formed of sponge rubber with its outer surface formed tobe impervious to the passage of moisture, and the top surface of the padmay extend and have as an integral portion thereof the pocket portion 9,as well as the cover I claim as my invention:

1. A bed pan cushion formed of elastic material impervious to moisturecomprising a top cushion pad conforming in shape to the rear portion ofa bed pan and having a pair of forwardly extending side portions adaptedto extend forwardly and around the opening in a bed pan and terminate ina forward pocket for the reception of the spout of the bed pan, a coversecured to the forward end of the cushion adapted to be folded over theentire pan for concealing the same, the rear end of the pad havingdownwardly extending side and end walls, and a bottom wall connected tosaid side and end walls and extending forwardly a short distance to forma pocket on the under surface of said pad for the reception of the rearend of the pad and cooperating with the forward pocket for maintainingthe pan in position.

2. A bed pan cushion comprising a cushion formed of sponge rubber shapedto conform to the rear end of a bed pan and having a pair of forwardlyextending arms projecting forwardly beyond the opening in the pan andlying adjacent the side edges of the pan, the forward ends of the armsterminating in a pocket shaped to receive the spout of a bed pan, anintegrally formed cover attached to the top wall of the pocket andhaving a general contour coincident with the contour of th entire bedpan, the rear end of the pad having downwardly extending side and endwalls, and a bottom well connected to said'side and end. walls to form apocket on the under face of the pad for the reception of the rear end ofthe pan and the entire structure being formed of a resilient materialimpervious to moisture whereby the resiliency of the material will aidin maintaining the pad in position on a pan.

LUCINDA JANE KISER.

CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION.

-Patent No. 2, 55,2u5. July 11, 191m.

LUGI NDA J'A NE KISER It is hereby certified that error appears in theprinted specification of the above numbered patent requiring correctionas follows: Second column, line 26, claim l, for the word "pad" read--pa.n--; line 27, for "pan" read "pad"; and that the said LettersPatent should be read with this correction therein that the same mayconform to the record of the case in the Patent Office Signed and sealedthis 29th day of August, A. D. 19M;-

Leslie Frazer 1 Acting commissioner of Patents

